So you wanna be a digital nomad. I’m not surprised: the future is bright for freelancers and location independent workers. Statistics show 40% of Americans will be contingent workers by 2020. That’s a lot of potential for digital nomads! Yet there’s no hands-on guide...
I’m not rich, but I am the new One Percent #DifferentLifeStories
Welcome to #DifferentLifeStories, where Without Boxes is sharing how people are living differently right now in the real world. Enter Alan: [hr] At the age of 36 I left the secure world of corporate America and vowed never to return. After purchasing this boat I had...
Leave Everything Behind
You're the poor apprentice to a blacksmith, toiling hard every day only to be under appreciated and underpaid. There is no light at the end of this tunnel. You will one day become a blacksmith yourself, toiling hard every day only to be under appreciated and...
Why Is It So Hard to Let Go of Our Things? My Excuses for Avoiding Minimalism
Minimalism as a movement may leave a bad taste in your mouth, and that’s okay. I have my own definition of minimalism that works for me. What I’m here to talk about is why getting rid of our stuff is so damn hard... Even when those things are holding us back. Here’s...
A Beginner’s Guide to Minimalism: Turning Five Boxes of Stuff Into Two
Do you ever look around you and realize how much stuff you have? The rate at which our piles of belongings can grow is, quite frankly, astonishing. You may not even consider yourself a big collector of anything... and yet. There you are. I am a minimalist. (Sort of.)...